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Biomedicine

Cannabinoids in medicine

This article has nothing to do with the discussion on the legalization of marijuana. We will talk about what this plant can give to medicine.

21.07.2017
Healthy skepticism

Medvedev was shown the Russian innovation

The premiere was deceived: the "fighting heffalump" turned out to be an imported LEGO children's constructor designed to teach children the basics of robotics.

21.07.2017
Cellular technologies

Artificial liver grows after transplant

Perhaps in the future it will be possible to grow a new liver directly in the body – even if not entirely, but at least half or a third, but this will be enough.

21.07.2017
Other life sciences

Is the cause of schizophrenia not just in neurons?

It is possible that many cases of schizophrenia arise due to disorders in the work of neuroglia cells, rather than neurons, which were not previously associated with this disease.

21.07.2017
Other life sciences

A robot suit will help the paralyzed

The new system helps to quickly restore the ability to move independently in case of paralysis of the lower extremities as a result of illness or injury.

21.07.2017
Genetics

"Gene drive" may not work

Experiments on fruit flies have shown that "resistance" to gene modification using CRISPR/Cas9 can easily arise and spread in the population.

21.07.2017
Biomedicine

A step towards developing an HIV vaccine

Injection of "dummy" immunodeficiency virus forced the immunity of cows to develop a whole set of antibodies that neutralize 96% of HIV varieties.

21.07.2017
Genetic engineering

Brake for CRISPR

American researchers have described the use of a protein that suppresses the action of the CRISPR-Cas9 system to reduce the non-targeted effects of gene editing.

20.07.2017
Healthy skepticism

Everything is useful that got into your mouth

What is a healthy diet? Enough calories and protein to keep the body from dying, micronutrients like vitamin C and iron. The rest is from the evil one.

20.07.2017
Genetics

Why Dogs love people

In fact, all the "best friends of man" are carriers of the so–called "elf syndrome" - mental retardation associated with the rearrangement of chromosomes.

20.07.2017
Other life sciences

Signals for lymphocytes

An international team of researchers has discovered a new mechanism that controls the ability of T-lymphocytes to respond to foreign antigens and cancer.

20.07.2017
Other life sciences

Hair Voices

Coordinated hair growth is regulated by one signaling mechanism, the impact on which can help in the fight against baldness and excessive hair growth.

20.07.2017
Other life sciences

The theory of total immunity

All cells and all body fluids are involved in protecting against intruders or from intruders who have already invaded. And this is a kind of theory – the theory of total immunity.

20.07.2017
Biomedicine

Alzheimer's disease: where will we cut?

Changing the location of the "cut" of the beta-amyloid precursor protein can increase the effectiveness of treatment and reduce the number of undesirable consequences.

20.07.2017
New in Gerontology

"Longevity gene": shelf life – 99 years

Variations in the FOXO3 gene affect a person's life expectancy only up to the ninth decade, and the chances of living to 100 or more years do not actually depend on them.

20.07.2017
New in Gerontology

Pimples in the brain

In the brain samples of people with Alzheimer's disease, the predominance of bacteria living on the skin and in the mucous membranes, including the causative agent of acne on the face, was noted.

19.07.2017
Biotechnologies - into life

Investing in genome editing

The technology of gene therapy of patients with lymphomas and HIV is at an early stage of preclinical studies and already at this stage was able to attract the attention of the investor.

19.07.2017
Your health

How best to run away from osteoporosis

Short-term high loads can increase bone strength and protect women from osteoporosis to a greater extent than long and moderate ones.

19.07.2017
Other life sciences

A new remedy for appetite

Under the influence of insulin injected intranasally, food seems less tasty to a person due to the regulation of neural signals in the mesolimbic system.

19.07.2017